Nourishing Nature

A boy of about sixteen knocked at my -
              Back door the other day...
                          A stranger...out of gas...
                                     Without cash ~
I gave him five dollars...sent him on-
                                       His way;
                                It perturbed others;
"He probably wanted-
                                        Drug money..."
"It's not your problem..."
                             "He's not your son..."
My view is quite clear...
                      If not sincere,
                                               So let it be;
   What if my son did not have me?
                     "He's somebody's son..."

          Why don't they get it?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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